Termite shield

Abstract

A termite shield for protecting wooden frame structures comprising a cellulous sheet impregnated with a non repellant insecticide. The shield is placed between the sill/mudplate and the foundation and extends upward between the siding and interior space.

The invention claims is: 
     
       1. A termite barrier comprising a sheet of cellulous material impregnated with a non repellant termiticide placed between a sill/mudplate and foundation of a wooden frame structure. 
     
     
       2. The termite barrier according to  claim 1  wherein said non repellant termiticide comprises fipronil. 
     
     
       3. The termite barrier according to  claim 2  wherein said sheet is seventeen inches wide and three sixteenths inches thick, and is provided with preformed perforations at one and one half inches from one side and five inches from the said one side. 
     
     
       4. A wooden frame structure having a termite shield comprising:
 a. a foundation ( 202 ); 
 b. a sill/mud plate ( 201 ) comprising a wooden 2×4 having an inside surface and an outside surface resting on said foundation; 
 c. an outer wall of brick veneer or siding ( 204 ) supported by said foundation; and 
 d. a non repellant termiticide impregnated cellulous sheet ( 100 ) having a first wall ( 101 ) adjacent the inside surface of said sill/mudplate, a base ( 102 ) connected to said first wall and placed between said sill/mudplate ( 201 ) and said foundation ( 202 ), and a second wall ( 103 ) connected to said base and extending upward behind said outer wall ( 204 ). 
 
     
     
       5. The termite barrier according to  claim 4  wherein said non repellant termiticide comprises fipronil. 
     
     
       6. The termite barrier according to  claim 4  wherein said sheet is seventeen inches wide and three sixteenths inches thick, and is provided with preformed perforations at one and one half inches from one side and five inches from the said one side.